Artist's Statement
As a painter, my interaction with the canvas is vastly the result of a dialogue, one that opens up to me during the actual painting process, and at no other time. I don't like wasting time - learning to refine my skills in painting. No longer is it important for me to be "technical" in my painting. I have seen in the paintings of children great authenticity. In this pursuit, I approach my craft, desiring an end product that evidences a specific struggle.
The brawn of struggle yields honesty in my work. In retracing my steps, cleanup if you will, I tend to sterilize away the nuance that has the most value. Fearlessly, now, I press forward in the moment, no time for contemplating "what is" and "what isn't." I enjoy the aggressiveness of painting offensively. Creating work that lives is about offense, not defense. Defensive painting, in its passivity, is about fending off fear and death; yielding only static product. In tendering morbidity, I abrogate my responsibility to the craft.